Vise.



J. KINZEY.

VISE.

APPLICATION FILED 0017, 191a.

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smarts PATETT FFTE VISE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. as, rare.

Application filed October 7, 1913. Serial No. 793,923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, Josnrrr KINZEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Vise, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a vise, and one object of the invention is to provide novel means for controlling the movement of the movable jaw thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for assembling jaw facings and other auxiliary elements with the jaws of" the vise.

The invention aims, further, to provide a vise with which a punch may be assembled, to stand at difi'erent adjusted angles.

It is within the scope of the invention to improve generally and to enhance the utility of, devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing z-Figure 1 shows the invention in side elevation; Fig. 2 is a top plan thereof; Fig. 3 is a cross section taken to the rear of the movable jaw; Fig. 4 is a perspective showing a pair of jaw facings; Fig. 5 is a perspective showing another pair of jaw openings; Fig. 6 is a perspective of the chisel; Fig. 7 is a perspective of the punch.

The device herein disclosed comprises a standard 1 having bolt-holes H provided at one side with an offset buttress 2 and equipped upon its opposite side with a projecting arm 3 having a concaved rack 4, the constituent teeth of which are rectangular or square in cross section and are brought to an edge at the end, as indicated at 5. The upper end of the standard 1 terminates in a fixed jaw 6. Mounted to slide upon the arm 3 is a movable jaw 7. In the buttress 2 there is a hole H for a lag-bolt, to the end that device may be secured to a post or the 1 re.

lVfounted on the rear face of the movable jaw is a pivot element 11 extending through the head 12 of a lever 14. The head 12 of the lever 14 is curved throughout a portion of its periphery and is provided with an interrupted thread 15 adapted to cooperate with the rack 4 on the arm 3. One side of the head 12 is flattened as indicated at 16 for a purpose which will be brought out hereinafter. The jaws 6 and 7 are provided upon their inner faces with dovetailed recesses 17, adapted to receive correspondingly shaped lugs 18 on jaw facings 19 and 20,'the inner face of the member 20 being provided adjacent its ends, with longitudinally extended, transversely concaved, toothed faces 21 between which is located a recess 22. The 19 is provided intermediate its ends and upon its inner face with an outstanding rib 23 which is concaved and toothed, the rib 23 being adapted to register in the recess 22 when the jaw facings 19 and 20 are brought together. Obviously, the concaved surface 21 and the rib 23 are adapted to cooperate to hold an object which is ciigicular in cross section, such as a pipe or r0 The jaw facings 19 and 20 may be replaced by facings 24 having roughened, flat surfaces 25, each facing 24 being provided with an upstanding lip 26 and with a horizontally extending lip 27, the lips 26 and the lips 27 respectively, being adapted to coact to grip a small object. The facings 24 like the facings 19 and 20 are equipped with undercut lugs 28 adapted to be received in the recesses 17 of the jaws 6 and 7.

The buttress 2 terminates at its upper end in a reduced tip 29 having a hole 30 in its top. The corners of the tip 29 are cut away to form faces 31 which are at an angle to each other and at an angle to the side face 32 of the tip 29.

The invention includes a punch 33 provided at one end with a rectangularly disposed tang 34 which may be inserted into the hole 30 in the tip 29 of the buttress, the punch being provided with a depending shoulder 35. The shoulder 35 may be engaged in any of the faces 31 or 32 of the tip 29 of the buttress, and thus the punch 33 may be held at adjusted angles with respect to the straight line defined by the axis of the arm 3. A chisel 36 is shown, the same having tangs 37 which may be inserted into the hole in thetop of the tip 29 of the buttress.

In practical operation, the lever 14 is swung on the pivot element 11 until the fiat edge 16 of the head 12 is disposed toward the upper edge of the arm 3, the interrupted 'thread15 on the head 12 then being out of engagement with the rack 4 of the arm 3. Under such conditions, the movable jaw 7 may be shifted rapidly along the arm 3 until the desired adjustment has been obtained approximately. Thereupon, by swinging the lever 14 on the pivot element 11, the interrupted thread 15 may be made to engage with the rack- 4, the movable jaw 7 being' crowded against the work and into cooperation with the fixed jaw 6. Because the constituent teeth of the rack 4 are brought to an edge as indicated at 5, the interrupted thread 15 of the head 12 of the lever 14 may be brought into engagement with the rack 4 smoothly andwithout shock or jar.

Owing to the fact that the lever 14 is pivoted directly upon the movable jaw 7, the number of parts may be reduced and the pressure resulting from a tilting of the lever 14 is carried directly into the movable aw.

The device herein disclosed is of few parts and of simple construction, and will be found thoroughly eflicient for the ends in view.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A vise comprising a fixed jaw provided with a buttress and having an outstanding arm; a punch carried by the buttress; and a movable jaw slidable upon the arm and cooperating with the fixed jaw to hold an object while the same is being operated upon by the punch.

2. A vise comprising a fixed jaw provided with a buttress and having an outstanding arm; a punch having a tang inserted into the top of the buttress and provided with a shoulder, the buttress having polygonal faces adapted to engage the shoulder to permit the punch to be shifted with respect to the axis of the arm; and a movable jaw slidable upon the arm and cooperating with the fixed jaw to hold an object while the same is being operated upon by the punch.

. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH KINZEY. lVitnesses C. H. VVENDELL, HENRY SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G." 

